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| Civilization is the process in which one gradually increases the number of people included in the term 'we' or 'us' and at the same time decreases those labeled 'you' or 'them' until that category has no one left in it. (Howard Winters) | [▲] | [▼] |
| The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. (Hubert H. Humphrey) | [▲] | [▼] |
| Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity. (Irving Kristol) | [▲] | [▼] |
| In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith. (J. William Fulbright) | [▲] | [▼] |
| Voting is one of the few things where boycotting in protest clearly makes the problem worse rather than better. (Jane Auer:) | [▲] | [▼] |
| The price of the democratic way of life is a growing appreciation of people's differences, not merely as tolerable, but as the essence of a rich and rewarding human experience. (Jerome Nathanson) | [▲] | [▼] |
| In politics, an organized minority is a political majority. (Jesse Jackson) | [▲] | [▼] |
| The aim of education is to enable individuals to continue their education ... (and) the object and reward of learning is continued capacity for growth. Now this idea cannot be applied to all the members of a society except where intercourse of man with man is mutual, and except where there is adequate provision for the reconstruction of social habits and institutions by means of wide stimulation arising from equitably distributed interests. And this means a democratic society. (John Dewey) | [▲] | [▼] |
| We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. (John F. Kennedy) | [▲] | [▼] |
| The citizen can bring our political and governmental institutions back to life, make them responsive and accountable, and keep them honest. No one else can. (John Gardner) | [▲] | [▼] |
| Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is ignorant. (John Simon) | [▲] | [▼] |
| Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame. (Laurence J. Peter) | [▲] | [▼] |
| We adore titles and heredities in our hearts and ridicule them with our mouths. This is our democratic privilege. (Mark Twain) | [▲] | [▼] |
| Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to stiff objections. (Meg Greenfield) | [▲] | [▼] |
| To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect, and their oneness. (Mohandas K. Gandhi) | [▲] | [▼] |
| The spirit of democracy cannot be imposed from without. It has to come from within. (Mohandas K. Gandhi) | [▲] | [▼] |
| In true democracy every man and women is taught to think for himself or herself. (Mohandas K. Gandhi) | [▲] | [▼] |
| The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular. (Mohandas K. Gandhi) | [▲] | [▼] |
| When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall - think of it, ALWAYS. (Mohandas K. Gandhi) | [▲] | [▼] |
| The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion. (Molly Ivins) | [▲] | [▼] |